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Introducing the Science Fantasy Society * INTRODUCING « FOR THE REAPERS OF -.c SCIENCE- FICTION % WEI RD-FICTION * FANTASY -FICTION * S.F.S. ADIilHlSTRATlON The Committee who are carrying out administrative work and planning in 1949 are as follows Secretary. Francis R.Fears, 6, Ferme Park Hans ions, Ferme Park Rd., Crouch End, N.3. Treasurer. Owen D.Plumridge, 4, ’./ide Way, Hitoham, Surrey. Llembers. A.Vincent Clarke. James Clay. Charles Duncombe. Kenneth Slater Edward Tubb. S.F.S. members have been grouped into areas, each with its own secretary. All communications concerning the Society should go to the members appropiate Area Secretary. Here is the geographical location of each area, and the address of its Secretary. SOUTHERN AREA All Southern England, with the exception of the ’London Area’, south of Gloucester, Oxford, Bucks, Hertford and Essex inclusive Secretary. L.G.Street, '50, Vine Rd., Southamp ton, Hants . LONDON AREA The ’Greater London’ area, and including all regular visitors of the ’London Citole’. Secretary Francis R.Fears., •5,- Ferme Pk. Mansions, Ferme pk Rd., Crouch End, N.3. (Cont. Over) UIDLAUDS AREA From the ’ Southern Are? to Shropsl3.ra, Worcester, Warwick, Leicester, Rut la no. Cam­ bridge, and Norfolk inclusive , and including WALES. Secretary. P.S.Medcalf, 55, Elmbridge Rd., Perry Barr, Birmingham 22B, Warwick. NORTHERN AREA From the ’liidlands Area* to the Scottish border. Secretary K.Johnson, 69, Warrington St., Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. SCOTTISH A1TD _AKE A. Secretary P.B.Bell, 1?, Barfillan Drive, Glasgow, S.W. 2, Scotland. OVERSEAS Enquirers and members should write to the S.F*S. Secretary, Francis Fears. DEPARTUERTS The S.F»S, MANUSCRIPT BUREAU for the distribution of amateur ftss. Is managed by Kenneth Slater, from whan full details can be obtained. Address Lt. K.F.Slater, 13 Group, R.P.O,, B.A.O.R. 23. The S.F.S. CONTACT BUREAU will put members of the S.F.S, and the British Fantasy Library n oontaot with + American and other overseas fans for ; ho purposes ,f correspondence and trading magazines a-d hocks.Details are available from:- L.E« BartJ.es 16r llilford Rd., W1 ton. Stafford. x^QR^our iiiFoaiation_ seizures FANTASY NEWS and other SFS publications Publisher;- A.Vincent Clarke, 16, "/endo ve r ’.Yay, Welling, Kent. L A-1 ± A^ iHZVIEA printed,bi-monthly publication gx ..ng articles, book-reviews pndfuecrional advertise ’ lisher^ neWS‘ Z' Pen th9 Editor “'i iisner W.H.Gillings, 115, Wanatead Prk Rd.y Ilford, Essex. OPERATION FANTAST. A trading organisation +% 13 Group, R.P.C., B.A.O.R. ?3, OPERATION FANTAST POSTAL LIBRARY Contains a large number of recent British and U S Not magazines * * fantasy books. Librarian. H.Tealby, 3, Burfield Avenue, Loughborough, Leics. ^ss.pllt into “a-but Hiltons Head Hotel, Hilton Street, Nottingham, Notts. libra^i^whi^h^Lent^ues^ericS^^ * fr0" “9"lber 10 "lambar of Librarian: - N .Linds ay, 311, Babbacombe Rd. Torquay, Devon. ALEUBIO . A fanzine containing articles, amateur stories, news and. other items of interest, issued, with a trading supplement giving adverts of "books and. mag­ azines for sale. Editor A Publisher N.Ashfield, 27, Woodland. Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey. WNDER A fanzine containing articles and fan­ fiction. Issued at irregular intervals. For details, apply to Editor and Publisher: - LI.Tealby, 8, Burfield Ave., Loughborough, Leics. SLANT A printed fanzine, containing articles and fiction. Details from Editor and Publisher^- 7?. Willis 170, Upper Newtownards Rd., Belfast, IT.Ireland. FANTASY ADVEHTISlSH. A planographed U.S. publicatinn, containing an article, book reviews and many advertisements of magazines and books, mainly from U.S. fans. 3/3d per annum from the British representative:- J .u. Iio s enblum, 4, Grange Terrace, Chapeltown, Leeds. U.S. FANZINE CHAIN. Bun on same lines as BFL Current Issue Dept., but with a chain of fanzines. Detaiiis:- N. Ashfield, 77, Woodland Rd, Thornton Heath, Surrey. i___ ; ' * THE LONDON CIRCLE. A weekly meeting of s-f readers, editors and authors , held every Thursday night in the Saloon Bar of the ’White Horse Tavern’, Fetter Lane, E.C.1. This as not a club, it is quite informal, and visitors are /el cnmed - IHTRODUUIUG— —— - - - - ■ - THE- - S.F.S.~ Ken slater Fantasy literature has been known ever sinoe man developed, the ability to express his imaginative pow­ ers in writing, but th© modern type of science,weird and fantasy fiction, which dates from the novels of ’ such authors as Verne, Wells, Machen, Blackwood etc. only began to reach a very large public with the ad-’ vent of ’weird Tales’, (1923), and ’Amazing Stories’ (792^), in the fertile field of American pulp magazi^ publication. As soon as these magazines appeared, they attrac­ ted a following of people who were sufficiently, inter­ ested in the stories to write to the editors and point out errors in logic, in science, in the illustration and not only to point oilt'.errors, but to make suggest-’ ions of a constructive nature. These people were the original ’fans’, as they are known in modern parlance, Suprisingly, the editors took note of what these ians1 had to say, and either improved or explained the replies forming part of a’readers letters’ section wnlon became a regular feature in the ’ocience-fiotion ? magazines. This has led to the present-day position whone editors, authors and artists frequently correct readers ! But that applies more to the States: our fan history in the U.K. is no such story of successful rout ual achievement. It is instead a record of failure ..’glorious failure’, maybe, but still failure. The earliest fan organisation in this countrv was the science-Fietion Association’. Formed in 19^7 • closed down at the outbreak of war, it*s guiding mem- oers being unable to carry on for various reasons During its period of activity, meetings were held* mimeographed magazines were produced, and contact’wa~ established between a number of fans who have since -aven an active part in the various projects connected with fantasy fiction in this country. (Introducing th© S.F.S.) (Page 4) CO’existent with the S.F.A. was the British Inter- Planetary ,Society; not a fan organisation, but a scientific body derived from fans with technical lean, ings. Commencing with a membership of 13, it has today - a healthy following of well over 600, and public recog­ nition. In that achievement the fan can take some vicarious pleasure, for it was from the fans that the organisation started. puring the war, two more fan societies were started. Qne of them, at the Teddington Paint Research Station, commenced as a library of magazines and books donated by'fan Frank Parker, its purpose being to help N.F.S. members to pass the time when they were ’standing by*. From it sprang the virile ’Cosmos Club’. I think that much of the club’s success was due to the fact that it suffered oppression from ’Higher Authority’. At least, while this oppression existed, the club existed. When its membership spread beyond the confines of the Research station laboratory, and the oppression and the war ceased, the club also ceased. Its ghost remains in the form of the ’Cosmos Library’, which now operates under the aegis of the group known as the ’London Circle’, The other war-time organisation was the British Fantasy Society; somewhat different in form, as its Membership was drawn from all over the U.K. The B.F.S. £Lso continued whilst its operative difficulties were greatest, and went iftto a decline when most of them were removed’3 Again a ’ghost* of the society remains, and the ’British Fantasy Library’, with the ’Cosmos । Library’, fills a great need for those of the fans wha know of their existence. i I shall not comment at length on the pre-war British professional magazines, ’Fantasy’ and ’Tales of Wonder’, except to say that ’T.o.W.’ might still re running if the war had been a few years shorter. (Introducing the S.F.S.) (Pages) ITor shall I say much of th© abortive post-war efforts to publish professional magazines in this comt-'y ^Fantasy’, re-introduced, folded after three issues, due to paper shortage and lack of understanding by its publishers. ’Outlands’, a semi-professional effort, was a one-issue affair. Three ’New Worlds’ were produced, and then due to publishing difficulties,!^ also vanished for a time. ’N.W. ’ is now (April ’49) back with us, published by a fan-financed company. Much has already been written about this elsewhere so I shall say no more. Our ’Fanzines’, (a wide and varied field of amateu- publications produced by the fans; some printed, some typed; some duplicated) have as their chief represent­ ative . ’Fantasy Review’, a sremi-professional printed booklet, and details of this and other fanzines can bo easily obtained. If you are interested enough in those any of the othor matters uppn which I have so lightly touched, a few letters and a little investig­ ation will got you all the information you could desire ........maybe more ! Now at last I come to to-day, and the Science- Fantasy Society. This society, springing to life as it does with a membership of over 50, has a higher open­ ing strength than any of its predecessors. That ia\ good sign. It also commences when it is obvious that the number of people in this country who are interested in s-f and fantasy is larger than ever before.Witness the production of so many fantasy’.books by publishing houses, and the large sale oft the British Reprint Edit­ ions of ’Astounding science Fiction’ and ’Unknown Worlds’. The S.F.S.
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